Emmys 2013: Quotes from the stars

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Anna Gunn said she'd like to pen a follow-up to an op-ed piece she wrote this past summer for the New York Times about the sexism she perceives is involved in certain extreme expressions of hatred toward her character. "I wanted to write it," she said of the essay. "It was a 1,500-word piece ... but it had to be reduced into one topic rather than the multilayered topics I initially wrote." Although she was happy with how it turned out, as well as with the public discussion it engendered after its publication, she said, "I'd like to follow it up so I can encompass all the other issues involved with being on TV and playing female characters."

Anna Gunn said she'd like to pen a follow-up to an op-ed piece she wrote this past summer for the New York Times about the sexism she perceives is involved in certain extreme expressions of hatred toward her character. "I wanted to write it," she said of the essay. "It was a 1,500-word piece ... but it had to be reduced into one topic rather than the multilayered topics I initially wrote." Although she was happy with how it turned out, as well as with the public discussion it engendered after its publication, she said, "I'd like to follow it up so I can encompass all the other issues involved with being on TV and playing female characters." (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)

Elisabeth Moss says the fact that the characters she plays in the two shows ("Mad Men's" Peggy Olson and Aussie detective Robin Griffin in the miniseries "Top of the Lake") are polar opposites is particularly challenging and rewarding for her as an actress. "I didn't know how people were going to react," she said of "Lake." "The show was really made by the critics, that's who everyone listens to and it can make or break a little show like this." Was it hard morphing from the tough and elusive Griffin to sensitive, misunderstood Olson when the time came to go back to "Mad Men"? "Yes, it was a balancing act," said Moss. "But I tried to take a little bit of Robin with me into the boardroom."

Elisabeth Moss says the fact that the characters she plays in the two shows ("Mad Men's" Peggy Olson and Aussie detective Robin Griffin in the miniseries "Top of the Lake") are polar opposites is particularly challenging and rewarding for her as an actress. "I didn't know how people were going to react," she said of "Lake." "The show was really made by the critics, that's who everyone listens to and it can make or break a little show like this." Was it hard morphing from the tough and elusive Griffin to sensitive, misunderstood Olson when the time came to go back to "Mad Men"? "Yes, it was a balancing act," said Moss. "But I tried to take a little bit of Robin with me into the boardroom." (Jordan Strauss / Invision / Associated Press)